Good morning,

First I want to thank ALL the wonderful people here who have helped me SO much in my journey. I have made some great friends here!

However, I have been blasted by several emails from one person, telling me that I am the "most hateful" and "cruelest person". So, before I would risk EVER hurting any of you, I have decided to leave the LS family/forum. I have offered as much support as I knew how to all of you, and I never tried to hurt anyone either.

You will all be in my prayers
Thanks to you all!!!!
Cheri

Dear Cheri, I wanted to leave too but sometimes we need to stand our ground and not let others hurt us or drive us away. You are a wonderful friend to me and I appreciate you so much as many of us do. Block your e-mail to stop these hate letters from getting through to you. You do have many friends here, me included, please stay you have helped me so much on my journey.
Love, Ann

Cheri Ann,
Please don't go! You have always been such a wonderful, caring and supportive person to everyone here. I always read your posts and they touch my heart.

Don't let the bad win out over the good Cheri Ann ... it's very very important not to let that happen.

Yes, you must be desperately hurt and upset by what has happened to you and I find it completely outrageous that someone could be so hurtful to you, when you are still suffering with your own grief.

The only thing I can think is that the person, whoever they are, is suffering so dreadfully that they cannot think or act straight and need to lash out in some way, because this is not the action of a person who's mind is at rest.

Cheri Ann, you know how much we cherish you, and your support for others has always been second to none. Sometimes I come to the site and I see that you have spent your time writing to, not one or two, but sometimes 6 or so people by way of support.

You are a good, caring, compassionate and wonderful person, please stay with us. I would miss you so so so so much if you were to go.

With love to you
from jilly

IF YOU GO INTO MY CONTROLS YOU CAN BLOCK SENDERS VIA THE PMBUDDIES / BLOCK LIST.

I AM VERY LIMITED IN THE CONTROLLS I HAVE ON THIS FORUM BUT CAN ASSURE YOU IF YOU EMAIL LSSUPPORT WITH THE PERPETRATOR THEY WILL BE BANNED FROM THIS SITE.

CLICK 'MY CONTROLLS'

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• Go to Inbox
• Compose New Message
• PM Buddies/Block List -THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO BLOCK ABUSIVE SENDERS
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PLEASE IF YOU MUST TAKE A WEEK OR TWO OFF, HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE WILL HAVE DEALT WITH THIS PROBLEM

Cheri Ann,
You are a wonderful, caring, kind and compassionate person. You are much cared about here at LS and you have helped so many people here, including me. That is the truth and don't ever believe otherwise.
Love and hugs to you,
Marcia

Dear CheriAnn,
I agree with what everyone has said. You have helped me on several occasions with your wonderful and caring words. I know that you have nothing but good intentions and also positive results when you post. Thank you, Cheri, you are great.
Love,
Jenny

No WAY!

What has been happening here in my abscense. Is there some rampant bully on the loose at LS? Is there no way to ban this person??

Cheir, if you feel that you must leave then I'll certainly support you, but I really hope that you don't!

Dear friends,

I am SO blessed to have met you caring people! I am overwhelmed by the responses and emails I have received! I am literally in tears at your support, honest! I honestly did not post this looking for that. I have just made so many friends here and I have cried and felt the pain as I followed so many of your stories. I didn't want to just "disappear" and make any of you think I didn't care or have any use for you now.

I know many of you are wondering why this happened, and I don't want to leave anyone assuming anything, so I will explain.
I posted a response to someone here that I felt wrongly stated that nobody reached out to her. Although I myself did not respond, I felt the need to defend myself and my "family" here. By doing this, I posted the link. My intentions were NEVER EVER to hurt this person. I didn't want her to think that nobody here cared about her pain too. I even stated how sorry I was that I myself didn't respond. She has assumed (even after responding to her first angry email, saying I was sorry and that it was not my intention) that I have done it to hurt her. She responded on the forum that I had hurt her, but that didn't seem to be enough. She started emailing her hatred and anger at me too.

I have NEVER posted anything in here to try and hurt someone. Now this makes me question my own judgement and what I type. Maybe most of you have given me good suggestions. I will just take a break for now.

Thank you all SO much for all your support and concern!
You all have become family to me

Cheri

okay, nobody leave just yet. i need more info and am reading right now.

Hi Cheri -

Don't go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone here needs you. You're so sweet and caring and you've been a great help to so many (including me).

Lynn

Dear Cheri,

You've helped me so much deal with grief over losing Shiloh. I've been touched by all the kind things you've said to me about Shiloh and all the kind things you've said to others here.

Please don't go.

Plus, I feel like we're all honorary aunts and uncles to Brandy. You've got to stay around to keep us posted on her tomboy antics!

Kathleen

Cheri,
Take a break if you must but don't go. Actually, I honestly think you would miss us so much that you COULDN'T stay away, right?? You have definitely been a great source of comfort for me. I consider you a friend also.
I know what you are referring to and I didn't see this thread when I posted a reply to it, basically stating what you did...that your intentions were not to hurt, but to show support.
As it's been said before, when people are grieving, they perceive things differently, especially when the pain is so deep. I'm not defending that person's actions AT ALL...they definitely went too far with hate mail.
I hope you know the bond of love here is so much stronger than hate. It's my hope that all parties involved will be able to get by this.

NO NO NO you can't go!!!!! Got to quit giving this person so much power...I even responded rudely..sucked me right in cause I was mad at how my friends were being treated and that's not like me, this has been going on since around the holidays, I think it takes about a half a case to write some of those things. Pamela

No, Pam you have got the wrong person. It is me that Cherann has the problem with because of a misunderstanding between me and her, that had really hurt my feelings and brought me back to the day my cat Bubba died. I was so hurt at the time that I took down all my memorials to my 2 cats and left. It was a miscommunication because the emotions were running high at the time in the forum because of other issues. LS has been trying to resolve these issues. Please don't start it all up again....

You are beautiful, CherriAnne. Let this person romp and roll and spend her steam; she can't be angry forever. Whatever course you decide to follow, know first that you are loved and will be greatly missed. I feel assured I speak for many when I say that you will always have a special spot here - we'll keep it warm in hope of your return. In any event, I hope you find the love and peace you so honestly deserve... even if it isn't here with us.

We will miss you,

Scott

CheriAnne

We need you.
I hope you continue to write. You have all helped me so much. Please write again.

Love
Suzanne

KimberleyHeide, I think it says a lot about you that you posted in this thread and put yourself out there. I respect you enormously for that and I am sensing that you're doing better now. I posted somewhere else that I was so sorry that it brought it all back even though it was unintentional. I hope you're doing better now...although with that little CUTIE I just saw in your other thread, it seems you are!!

And for Cheri, I hope after taking a break you'll come back to the family. I would miss you terribly!

Jazzygirl,

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement. Sometimes when things hit close to home it is a wake up call to yourself, so I went back and did a little soul searching and realized that I had not gone past the grieving stage from the day Bubba died. I was masking my own feelings and not letting him go. Bubba had a long wonderful life and I will miss him dearly. I have a new little one coming that I will give all my love to, and we will start a new adventure.

Bless your heart Jazzygirl, I bet you have made such a positive impression on your students that will make a difference in their lives. You have such a wonderful loving heart!

Kim

Awwww, you're too kind!

Hi Cheri Ann,

I haven't been on the board much lately, so I'm having to play catch up with all the posts that have caused so many people so much pain.

Stating my opinion on all that's happened would no doubt get everything all stirred up again and I can see no beneficial purpose in that. But I will say this much: You are and always have been an asset to LS and you have helped so many of us with your caring and heartfelt replies. I consider myself to be a good judge of character and I can say with absolute conviction that you are one of the most kind, sensitive, and caring people I've ever had the priviledge of knowing....definately not someone who would EVER intentionally hurt anyone.

I would be a great disservice to LS for people like you, who give so much, to leave. It's people like you who make LS the wonderful place it is....we love you and need you very much....please just take a little break and come back here to your LS family. I remember with great fondness your cute stories of the special times you shared with your beloved Rachael and find great comfort in knowing what a special relationship the two of you shared.....and as Kathleen correctly stated: We are aunts and uncles to our precious and beautiful niece Brandy....you must keep us informed on how the little tomboy is doing. ok??? I look forward to seeing you back on the board.

PS--- Isn't it about time to post a new pic so we can see how much little Brandy "boy" is growing?

Much love to you my LS sister,
__Jim